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Time functions

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time

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Return the current time as the number of seconds or nanoseconds since the epoch.

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Syntax

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t_s = time()

t_s = time('s')

t_ns = time('ns')

Output argument

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t_s

a double: value of current time as the number of seconds since the epoch.

t_ns

a unsigned integer 64 bit: value of current time as the number of nanoseconds since the epoch.

Description

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time returns the current time as the number of seconds or nanoseconds since the epoch.

The epoch is referenced to 00:00:00 UTC (Coordinated Universal Time) 1 Jan 1970.

Example

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t1=time()
sleep(10)
t2 = time()
t2 - t1

See also

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tic, sleep.

History

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Version	Description
1.0.0	initial version

Author

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Allan CORNET